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Many Homeless People Have Jobs Already
Despite having a job, people still can become homeless
One reason a homeless person may not be looking for a job is that he may already have one. Normally, from one third to one half of the homeless population is employed. During the current economic situation (and due most likely to many new homeless from mortgage foreclosures), in many cities well over half of their homeless population has jobs.
This might lead you to ask why these people are homeless if they have jobs. Many employed homeless people are working at minimum wage jobs, jobs which don't provide enough to pay for basic living expenses in many parts of the country. Also, many of them are underemployed, they don't get enough hours of work to pay the bills. In fact, some people who work for low wages become homeless when company cutbacks cut their hours.
Other working people are homeless due to alimony, child support, or mandatory insurance payments for children they don't have custody for - these can easily equal a homeless man's entire income when combined. Student loans in default can garnish up to 25% of a person's income. Creditors can also garnish wages for other debts. Homelessness has pretty much replaced debtors' prison in America.
The State of Homelessness in America 2012 examines homelessness between 2009 and 2011, a period of economic downturn in the nation. The report shows that despite the bad economy, homelessness decreased by 1 percent during this period. The decrease was likely due to a significant investment of federal resources to prevent homelessness and quickly re-house people who did become homeless. The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) was a $1.5 billion federal effort to prevent a recession-related increase in homelessness. It was built upon ground-breaking work at the federal level and in jurisdictions across the nation to improve
Many Homeless People Have Jobs Already
Despite having a job, people still can become homeless
One reason a homeless person may not be looking for a job is that he may already have one. Normally, from one third to one half of the homeless population is employed. During the current economic situation (and due most likely to many new homeless from mortgage foreclosures), in many cities well over half of their homeless population has jobs.
This might lead you to ask why these people are homeless if they have jobs. Many employed homeless people are working at minimum wage jobs, jobs which don't provide enough to pay for basic living expenses in many parts of the country. Also, many of them are underemployed, they don't get enough hours of work to pay the bills. In fact, some people who work for low wages become homeless when company cutbacks cut their hours.
Other working people are homeless due to alimony, child support, or mandatory insurance payments for children they don't have custody for - these can easily equal a homeless man's entire income when combined. Student loans in default can garnish up to 25% of a person's income. Creditors can also garnish wages for other debts. Homelessness has pretty much replaced debtors' prison in America.
The State of Homelessness in America 2012 examines homelessness between 2009 and 2011, a period of economic downturn in the nation. The report shows that despite the bad economy, homelessness decreased by 1 percent during this period. The decrease was likely due to a significant investment of federal resources to prevent homelessness and quickly re-house people who did become homeless. The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) was a $1.5 billion federal effort to prevent a recession-related increase in homelessness. It was built upon ground-breaking work at the federal level and in jurisdictions across the nation to improve
